Chapter 4.36 ABANDONED; WRECKED VEHICLES
Section 4.36.190 Costs--Payment by state.
(A) The City Council may, from time to time, enter into agreements
with the State of
California, through the California Highway Patrol, or such other agency of the State as shall be
designated by the State, providing that the State shall pay all, or any portion, of the
administrative costs. The City Council may, from time to time, determine by resolution whether
such payment agreed upon is sufficient to pay all, or only a portion, of said costs of
administration.
(B) Whenever the City has entered into an agreement with
the County for the performance by
the County of such acts as under this Chapter may be delegated to the County, the County may
contract with the State for the payment to the County of such administrative costs for the removal
of vehicles removed within the City. In such case if the County makes a determination whether
payments received from the State for removal of abandoned vehicles are sufficient to pay all, or
only a portion, of the administrative cost, that determination shall apply also to payments of
administrative costs of removal of vehicles within the City.
(C) Except where administrative costs are determined by the
Fire Marshal at a hearing, the
amount assessed against an owner of land pursuant to Sections 4.36.130 and 4.36.180 of this
Chapter shall be limited to the portion of the administrative cost found to be not covered by such
an agreement with the State of California and the cost of removal. This limitation on the
assessment shall apply to all cases assessed while such a resolution is in effect. However, said
limitation shall not apply to cases in which the written notice of intention to remove was mailed
prior to the effective date of the resolution and the resolution increases the amount assessable.
(D) Any cost of removal incurred shall be paid by the City
out of its general fund. (Prior code
§ 4-9-18)